Senior Staff Optical Systems Engineer
Thermo Fisher Scientific

Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)

Environmental Conditions
Office, Some degree of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) required (safety glasses, gowning, gloves, lab coat, ear plugs etc.)

Job Description

Job Description

Do you have a passion for innovative ideas and groundbreaking discoveries? With over $1 billion invested annually in R&D, at Thermo Fisher Scientific you'll help solve some of the world's toughest challenges, from giving cancer patients hope, ensuring safe drinking water and helping law enforcement solve cases through forensics. We empower our teams and our people to put science into meaningful action and give our R&D colleagues the autonomy, resources and tools they need to take science a step beyond.

Location/Division: South San Francisco, CA Genetic Sciences Division

Join the forefront of innovation in genetic analysis for research & clinical applications. Our teams develop platforms, consumables, and reagents provides industry-leading genetic sciences tools and solutions to advance scientific discovery, enable customers in applied markets and improve global health outcomes. Specifically, we enable biomarker discovery and analysis, predictive genomics, reproductive health solutions, pathogen detection, disease-specific solutions, forensics and human identification. As the leading provider of genetic analysis solutions, our technologies have great impact worldwide. And as a member of our team, you can play a critical role in helping us fulfill our global mission of making the world healthier, cleaner, and safer by participating in a work environment that encourages providing equal opportunities to a diverse set of talents and perspectives.

Discover Impactful Work:

As a Senior Staff Optical Systems Engineer you are an expert in optical systems, and will provide technical leadership to support new product development and innovation for instrumentation used in genetic analysis.

What will you do?

• Understand customers and passionately represent their needs in optical system product requirements
• Partner with product management to translate customer needs into optical system requirements
• Architect and design optical systems
• Develop optical models, analyze optical tolerance stack-ups, and lead sensitivity analysis
• Partner with the Operations team to transfer optical system design to manufacturing

How will you get here:

Education

BS/MS/Ph.D. degree in a Optical Engineering field, Applied Physics, Electrical/Mechanical Engineering.

Experience

• 10+ years in a technical leadership role focused on optical systems
• Considerable experience in developing moderate complexity RUO instrumentation
• Has been optics lead or sub-team lead through at least two product development cycles which incorporate fluorescent based imaging systems
• Experience building, and maintaining optics lab

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Deep understanding of fluorescence based optical detection systems
• Familiar with the key technical elements of genetic analyzers
• Competent in hands-on optical experiments, including methods and tools for optical alignment
• Experience with optical modeling tools, including ZEMAX
• Broad knowledge of materials and processes used in manufacture of optical components
• Has cultivated and can take advantage of a network of optics experts and vendors

Compensation and Benefits
The salary range estimated for this position based in California is $163,100.00-$217,400.00.

This position may also be eligible to receive a variable annual bonus based on company, team, and/or individual performance results in accordance with company policy. We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package that our U.S. colleagues and their families can count on, which includes:

• A choice of national medical and dental plans, and a national vision plan, including health incentive programs
  
• Employee assistance and family support programs, including commuter benefits and tuition reimbursement
  
• At least 120 hours paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays annually, paid parental leave (3 weeks for bonding and 8 weeks for caregiver leave), accident and life insurance, and short- and long-term disability in accordance with company policy
  
• Retirement and savings programs, such as our competitive 401(k) U.S. retirement savings plan
  
• Employees' Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP) offers eligible colleagues the opportunity to purchase company stock at a discount
  

For more information on our benefits, please visit: https://jobs.thermofisher.com/global/en/total-rewards

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